Exciting!

This beautiful young woman got her Learner’s Permit! So! Now we start our behind the wheel training for the next six months!❤️👏🏻🎉

I snuck a picture of her having her picture taken😍

Evelyn Hope Hester

I am late on your birthday post! This past weekend, you turned SIX years old!

You are a truly remarkable young lady. You are an interesting paradox of tender and tenacious. You are “spicy” and full of adventure….having so many older brothers AND a younger brother means that you tend towards playing a little more rough. You like sharks and dinosaurs and playing legos! You are a remarkable reader for your age.

Grandma decorated one of your presents with a rubbery shark puppet. You were afraid when you saw it, that the present contained an actual great white shark. It took you quite awhile to believe us, that there was not a shark in one of your present bags, and that the very realistic looking shark puppet was safe.

But by the next day, you were running around giving everyone “shark huggies” with your puppet!

Evelyn, you have surprised me so much in six years. There will be many things in this life that will appear scary. They may even seem to contain or represent something that really, really scares you. I am so proud of your slow, but brave approach and I pray that it carries you through what appears scary, into some of your greatest adventures and shark “huggies”. I absolutely love your hugs, even when the come from a rubber shark puppet.

May you always, always know, no matter what is in front of you, that you are loved, and you have the God of heaven and an army of a family right next to you and we are all on your team.

I love you Evelyn Hope. I hope your birthday made you feel special and loved.

With all my heart,

Mommy